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NEWS ABOUT: Northeast

Northeast stories: 14 news summaries

 How to Tell If You're a WASP 


Sep 21, 09 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Being a WASP is a lot more than being just white, Anglo-Saxon, and Protestant. Author Tad Friend expounds at length on the criteria for true WASP-hood in his upcoming book Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of WASP Splendor. Vogue offers the highlights:
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Northeast • wealth • sailing • polo • White Anglo-Saxon Protestant • Tad Friend • Cheerful Money

(Newser) - Increases in sea level caused by climate change could be dramatically larger than the world average in the densely populated Northeast, LiveScience reports. A new study shows that the melting Greenland ice cap and ocean dynamics will push 12 to 20 more inches of water toward New England and Canada... More »

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climate change • New York City • Northeast • Boston • Greenland • sea level • glacier • scientific study • ocean currents • melting ice

(AP) - A ferocious storm packing freezing rain, heavy snow, and furious wind gusts paralyzed most of the East Coast, sending dozens of cars careening into ditches, grounding hundreds of flights, and closing school for millions of kids, the AP reports. The blizzard-like snow caused a 15-mile traffic jam in North Carolina... More »

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New York City • Northeast • Boston • snow • snowstorm

Storm Kills 19, Cuts Power
to 600K in South, Midwest

Winter bears down (again) on Northeast, trigger travel troubles, and worse

Jan 28, 09 10:08 AM CST
(Newser) - A storm sweeping from the middle of the country into the Northeast today has left at least 19 dead and cut power to 600,000 people, the AP reports. In hard-hit states like Arkansas, where power companies warned service might not return for days, 3 inches of ice weighed down... More »

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Northeast • Arkansas • United States • Oklahoma • power outage • winter storm • ice storm • winter weather • East Coast • traffic fatalities

Holiday Travel a Nightmare Thanks to Snow, Ice

Flight cancellations ripple across US; roads not great, either

Dec 24, 08 10:45 AM CST
(AP) - Hundreds of holiday travelers spent the night in the nation's second-busiest airport and others faced delayed or canceled flights and highways choked by snow and ice as storms kept up their assault on northern states. More snow fell today in the Midwest, while the Northwest faced more snow and sleet,... More »

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weather • Northeast • air travel • winter • holiday travel • snowstorm • O'Hare International Airport

Warmer Northeast Sees Fewer Snow Days 

Seasonal temperatures are rising .8 degree per decade, 40-year survey shows

Dec 11, 08 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Winter in the northeastern US is less white than it used be, with rising temperatures and less annual snowfall, the Boston Globe reports. From New Jersey to Maine, seasonal thermometers are climbing nearly 1 degree Fahrenheit per decade, say researchers, who analyzed 40 years of climate data. That means 14... More »

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climate change • Northeast • global warming • snow • winter weather

(Newser) - American women are afflicted by high Mercury levels depending on where they live and how much they earn, a new study says. Northeasterners are worst off, with a 20% chance of high mercury, 10 points higher than the national rate. Midwesterners eat less seafood and had lower levels overall, the... More »

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Northeast • Midwest • fish • mercury • sushi • fetal health

GOP Fears Big Losses in Northeast

Dems likely to pick up
a dozen seats in Congress, parties say

Aug 14, 08 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Up to a dozen Republican Congressional seats in the Northeast could fall to Democrats this November, and the New York Times looks at some of the tightest races in the region, where a well-financed Democratic party has won ever more supporters. "There could be a dramatic political realignment in... More »

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Northeast • New England • Republican Party • Republican candidate • Democratic Party • congressional candidates • congressional seat • Democratic candidates

Dec. Home Sales Kept Dropping

Existing US sales resume tumble; median prices also fall

Jan 24, 08 10:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Existing home sales began to fall again in December after briefly bumping upwards in October and November. Home resales were at a 4.89 million annual rate; that's down 2.2% from November and down 13% from last year. "Home sales remain weak despite improved affordability conditions in many... More »

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real estate • Northeast • housing market • National Association of Realtors • home resales • existing home sales

Snow, Ice, Wind Slam Northeast

3 fatalities in Great Lakes; most in New England hunker down

Dec 16, 07 3:53 PM CST
(Newser) - The snowstorm that pummeled the Midwest yesterday has shifted its icy, windy fury onto the Great Lakes and New England, Reuters reports. Eight inches of snow blanketed roads and runways in Boston, causing Logan Airport to cancel some 300 flights. Three traffic fatalities in Minnesota and Wisconsin were blamed... More »

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Northeast • Midwest • New England Patriots • severe weather • New England • Logan Airport • snow

Winter Is Here to Stay

Both regions face continued winter storms

Dec 14, 07 10:56 AM CST
(Newser) - In the wake of an ice storm that cut power to millions, the Midwest is bracing for a second, with a 2 to 6 inches of snow headed for Kansas and Oklahoma, reports the AP. For the half-million still without power and those in emergency shelters, the next hit could... More »

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Northeast • Boston • Kansas • Oklahoma • winter travel • winter storm • ice storm • snow • Providence, RI

Storm Gives Northeast
First Blast of Winter

In the Midwest, more than 400,000 people remain without power

Dec 13, 07 8:19 PM CST
(Newser) - The deadly storm that shut down much of the Midwest is now giving the Northeast its first major taste of winter, the AP reports. Heavy snow snarled roads and airports in Boston, Connecticut, and New Jersey. Forecasters say some areas could get up to a foot of snow by morning,... More »

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Northeast • airport • Missouri • Oklahoma • winter storm

Winter Storm Pounds Northeast

Hundreds of flights cancelled in New York

Dec 3, 07 3:15 AM CST
(Newser) - The storm that blanketed the Midwest in snow and ice is now battering the Northeast. Wind and ice have delayed hundreds of flights at New York City airports. The National Weather Service said a foot of snow was possible in the mountains of northern New England, with the potential for... More »

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weather • New York City • Northeast • Midwest • New Jersey • Washington • New England • Oregon • ice • winter storm

Utilities May Profit From Ruling

Some corporations may profit off tighter greenhouse gas regulations

Apr 3, 07 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some utility  companies may actually benefit financially from the Supreme Court ruling forcing the EPA to crack down on greenhouse gas emissions, the Wall Street Journal reports.  While it will cost them millions in the short-term to meet new requirements, utilities in government-regulated markets—mostly in the Southeast, Great... More »

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climate change • environment • politics • Texas • utility companies • pollution • greenhouse gases • Northeast • Southeast • Great Plains • West • Midwest • US Supreme Court • utilities

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